Coming to HBO Max, Locked down This January 14, 2021, HBO Max offers as a Valentine treat a month earlier because why not? We are happy that 2020 is over, but this January felt like the 32nd of December because we are still dealing with the pandemic Unless you are from New Zealand. Anne […]
Just because you’re from another planet, inherited miraculous powers from a science experiment, or gained possession of a sentient super staff doesn’t mean you’re invulnerable to COVID-19. The superheroes of The CW know the importance of proper face coverings during a pandemic, and they’re all masking up in a new series of posters released by […]
Speaking of Joel McHale….After some early years dabbling in cheap Internet Flash-toon comedy, Dan Harmon finally broke into the Network Machine with Community, a sitcom whose premise only seemed simple from the outside. The basic structure was that of a disgraced lawyer heading back to community college and holding study sessions with a gang of […]
It’s a tune you know well, though you kinda need to be fluent in Japanese to sing it accurately. “The Real Folk Blues” is the jazzy number that closes out every episode of one of the greatest anime productions of all time, Cowboy Bebop. Now composer Mason Lieberman has united talent from the video game […]
Miss conventions, especially the allegedly comic-related ones? You’re not alone. Sadly, it doesn’t look like any will actually happen in 2020, unless there’s a way to prevent a gazillion people mushed into one large room from spreading germs (and there never will be). One organization in Chicago has an idea on how to bring comic-cons […]
Since the pandemic hit, Hollywood has been coming up with creative ways of raising money to fight it. Online fundraising platform Omaze, in alliance with Variety Boys & Girls Club and Ronald McDonald House LA, has announced a charity sweepstakes….with the grand prize being a virtual coffee date with the stars of your 2000s TV […]
It was asked, “Are we going to let this crisis defeat us as a nation?” And a voice said, “Knope.” Michael Schur, creator of Parks and Recreation, revealed to the press today that Leslie, Andy, Ron and all the others are coming back as themselves for one night only, in an NBC special designed to […]
A pandemic is a global problem, and it affects life in Japan just as badly as it does here. Animated shows have been less affected by the shutdown of studios — when you’re creating imaginary worlds, you don’t need sets, you just need a Cintiq in a home office. It’s even possible for the actors […]
To the surprise of no one, Games Done Quick has decided to postpone its summer charity event. The plan is still to hold it in the summer, but around August instead of June, assuming things get somewhat better by then. But wait a minute…if there was ever a time we needed a charity event that […]
MAINGEAR is a manufacturer of custom gaming desktops, notebooks, and workstations — but in a time of crisis, their skills are needed elsewhere. That’s why they’ve announced they are now using their factories to produce emergency ventilators to aid hospitals in the fight against COVID-19. The company is located twenty miles outside of New York […]